Events in Film & TV
Golden Globes
Feb 26 4th Golden Globes: "The Best Years of Our Lives", Gregory Peck, & Rosalind Russell win

Gregory Peck
- May 7 "Kraft Television Theater" premieres on NBC
- Jun 27 WRC TV channel 4 in Washington, D.C. (NBC) begins broadcasting
- Aug 23 8th Venice Film Festival opens (first since the start of World War II)
- Sep 13 WPVI TV channel 6 in Philadelphia, PA (ABC) begins broadcasting
- Sep 25 2nd Cannes Film Festival ends
- Sep 30 In first televised World Series Baseball game, NY Yankees beat Brooklyn Dodgers, 5-3 in Game 1 at Yankee Stadium; also largest WS crowd to date, 73,365
- Oct 3 WMAL (now WJLA) TV channel 7 in Washington, D.C. (ABC) begins
Event of Interest
Oct 5 Harry Truman makes the 1st Presidential address televised from the White House

Harry Truman
- Oct 20 HUAC opens hearings into alleged Communist influence in Hollywood
Event of Interest
Oct 27 "You Bet Your Life" with Groucho Marx premieres on ABC radio

Groucho Marx
- Oct 27 WMAR TV channel 2 in Baltimore, MD (NBC) begins broadcasting
- Nov 6 NBC's "Meet the Press" debuts - US's longest running TV show
- Nov 11 "Gentlemen's Agreement" directed by Elia Karan and starring Gregory Peck and Dorothy McGuire premieres in New York (Best Picture 1948)
- Nov 12 KPO-AM in San Francisco CA changes call letters to KNBC (now KNBR)
- Nov 17 The U.S. Screen Actors Guild implements an anti-Communist loyalty oath.
- Nov 21 Bill Longson beats Lou Thesz in St Louis, to win National Wrestlingg Association world heavyweight title
- Nov 24 The US House of Representatives Committee on Un-American Activities finds "Hollywood 10" in contempt because of their refusal to reveal whether they were communists
- Nov 25 The 1st systematic Hollywood blacklist is instituted, denying employment to American entertainment professionals due to alleged Communist ties or sympathies
- Dec 17 WEWS TV channel 5 in Cleveland, Ohio (ABC) begins broadcasting
- Dec 27 1st "Howdy Doody Show" (Puppet Playhouse), telecast on NBC
Birthdays in Film & TV
Birthdays 1 - 100 of 194
- Jan 4 Rick Stein, English chef and television presenter
- Jan 5 Ted Lange, American actor (Isaac-Love Boat, Mr T & Tina), born in Oakland, California
- Jan 11 Anna Calder-Marshall, English actress (Zulu Dawn), born in Kensington, England
- Jan 16 Juliet Berto, French actress (Le Sex Shop), born in Grenoble France (d. 1990)
- Jan 17 Jane Elliot, American actress (Baby Boom, Gen Hospital, Knots Landing), born in New York City, New York
- Jan 17 Todd Susman, American actor (Goodnight Beantown), born in St Louis, Missouri
- Jan 18 Takeshi Kitano, Japanese actor (The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi, Fireworks), born in Tokyo, Japan
- Jan 19 Alessandro Haber, actor (China is Near)
- Jan 19 Ann Compton, news reporter (ABC TV)
- Jan 21 Jill Eikenberry, (Ann Kelsey-LA Law, Manhattan Project), born in New Haven, Connecticut
- Jan 26 Patrick Dewaere [PJMH Bordeaux], French actor (Les Valseuses)
Farrah Fawcett
Feb 2 Farrah Fawcett, American actress (Charlie's Angels, The Burning Bed), born in Corpus Christi, Texas (d. 2009)

Farrah Fawcett
- Feb 3 Paul Auster, American author/poet/director (Mr Vertigo, Smoke)
- Feb 3 Stephen McHattie [Smith], Canadian actor (300, Watchmen, The Fountain), born in Antigonish, Nova Scotia
- Feb 4 Jeannie Wilson, actress (Simon & Simon, Stir Crazy), born in Memphis, Tennessee
- Feb 5 David Ladd, American actor (Raymie, Catlow, Misty, Deathline), born in Los Angeles, California
- Feb 11 Joselito [José Jiménez], Spanish singer and actor, born in Beas de Segura, Andalucia, Spain
- Feb 11 Kikko Matsuoka, Japanese actress, born in Tokyo, Japan
- Feb 13 Kevin Bloody Wilson [Dennis Bryant], Australian musical comedian, born in Sydney, Australia
- Feb 15 Marisa Berenson, American actress (Barry Lyndon; Death in Vienna; SOB), born in NYC, New York
- Feb 15 Russell "Rusty "Hamer, American actor (Make Room for Daddy - "Rusty"), born in Tenafly, New Jersey (d. 1990)
- Feb 17 Dallas Adams, British actor, painter and writer (Terror From Within)
- Feb 20 Jennifer O'Neill, actress (Summer of '42), born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Feb 20 Peter Strauss, American actor (The Jericho Mile, Rich Man Poor Man), born in Croton-on-Hudson, New York
- Feb 23 Shakira Caine, Guyana, actress (Man Who be King)/Miss Guyana (1967)
- Feb 24 Edward James Olmos, American actor (Miami Vice, Stand & Deliver, Triumph), born in Los Angeles, California
- Mar 1 Alan Thicke, Canadian actor (Thicke of the Night; Growing Pains), and TV theme song composer (Doff'rent Strokes; The Facts Of Life), born in Kirkland Lake, Ontario (d. 2016)
- Mar 4 David Franzoni, American screenwriter
- Mar 4 Gunnar Hansen, Icelandic-born American actor (Leatherface in The Texas Chain Saw Massacre), born in Reykjavík (d. 2015)
- Mar 5 (Samuel) "Eddie" Hodges, American stage and screen actor and singer ("High Hopes", The Music Man - "Gary, Indiana"; Adventures of Huckleberry Finn), born in Hattiesburg, Mississippi
- Mar 6 Judy Loe, British actress (Singles, Meaning of Life), born in Urmston, England
- Mar 6 Rob Reiner, American actor and director (All in the Family, Stand By Me), born in The Bronx, New York
- Mar 7 Donna Loren, American singer and actress (Beach Blanket Bingo), born in Boston, Massachusetts
- Mar 7 Lewis J Stadlen, American actor (John-Benson, Savages, Windy City), born in Brooklyn, New York
- Mar 7 Richard Lawson, American actor (Eddie-O'Neills), born in Loma Linda, California
- Mar 12 Jill O'Hara, Warren Penn, Broadway actress (Promises! Promises!)
- Mar 15 Juraj Kukura, Slovak actor
- Mar 18 Patrick Chesnais, French actor
- Mar 18 Patrick Barlow, English actor, comedian and playwright
Glenn Close
Mar 19 Glenn Close, American actress (The Big Chill, Fatal Attraction), born in Greenwich, Connecticut

Glenn Close
- Mar 23 Terry Alexander, African-American actor (Day of the Dead, One Life to Live), born in Detroit, Michigan
- Mar 23 Barbara Rhodes, Poughkeepsie NY, actress (Don't Just Stand There)
- Mar 24 Meiko Kaji, Japanese singer and actress
- Mar 27 Tom Sullivan, blind actor (If You Could See What I Hear), born in Boston, Massachusetts
- Apr 1 Norm Van Lier, American basketball point guard (NBA All Star 1974, 76, 77; Chicago Bulls) and broadcaster (Comcast SportsNet), born in East Liverpool, Ohio (d. 2009)
- Apr 4 Ray Fosse, American baseball player and broadcaster, born in Marion, Illinois
- Apr 6 John Ratzenberger, American actor (Cliff Clavin in Cheers), born in Bridgeport, Connecticut
- Apr 8 Cindy Pickett, American actress (Guiding Light, St Elsewhere), born in Norman, Oklahoma
- Apr 11 Peter Riegert, American actor (Animal House, Crossing Delancey), born in NYC, New York
- Apr 11 Uli Edel, German film director (Last Exit to Brooklyn), born in Neuenburg am Rhein, South Baden, Germany
- Apr 11 Meshach Taylor, American actor, born in Altadena, CA, (d. 2014)
- Apr 12 Dan Lauria, American actor (Jack Arnold-Wonder Years), born in Brooklyn, New York
David Letterman
Apr 12 David Letterman, American comedian (Late Night), born in Indianapolis, Indiana

David Letterman
- Apr 15 Diane "DeDe" Lind, American glamour model and Playboy playmate (Aug, 1967), born in Los Angeles, California
- Apr 15 Linda Bloodworth-Thomason, American TV producer (Designing Women, Murphy Brown), born in Poplar Bluff, Missouri
- Apr 17 Linda Martin, Irish singer and TV presenter, born in Belfast, Northern Ireland
- Apr 18 Dorothy Lyman, American actress (All my Children, Naomi-Mama's Family), born in Minneapolis, Minnesota
James Woods
Apr 18 James Woods, American actor (Salvador, Against All Odds), born in Vernal, Utah

James Woods
- Apr 18 Lori Martin, American actress (Velvet-National Velvet), born in Glendale, California
- Apr 20 David Leland, English actor and director (Nothing But Trouble), born in Cambridge, England
- Apr 25 Jeffrey DeMunn, American actor (Blaze, Frances, Windy City), born in Buffalo, New York
- Apr 26 Warren Clarke, English actor (Clockwork Orange), born in Oldham, Lancashire, (d. 2014)
- Apr 30 Leslie Grantham, English actor (EastEnders), born in London, England (d. 2018)
- May 6 Ben Masters, American actor (Vic-Another World, Making Mr Right), born in Corvalis, Oregon
- May 6 Alan Dale, New Zealand born actor (Neighbours), born in Dunedin, New Zealand
- May 9 Anthony Higgins, British actor (A Walk with Love and Death, Something for Everyone), born in East Northamptonshire, England
- May 10 Meg Foster, Conn, actress (Sunshine, Cagney & Lacey)
- May 12 Micheline Lanctôt, American film actor, director and screenwriter
- May 13 Edgar Burcksen, Dutch film editor
- May 14 Tamara Dobson, actress (Amazons, Cleopatra Jones), born in Baltimore, Maryland
- May 16 Bill Smitrovich, actor (Crime Story, Miami Vice)
- May 18 Candice Azzara, actress (Fatso), born in Brooklyn, New York
- May 21 Jonathan Hyde, Australian-born actor
- May 25 Karen Valentine, American actress (Love American Style, Room 222), born in Santa Rosa, California
- May 26 Sherry Bain, California, actress (Pipe Dreams)
- May 28 Sondra Locke, American actress and director (Heart Is a Lonely Hunter), born in Madison, Tennessee (d. 2018)
- May 29 Anthony Geary, actor (Luke/Bill-General Hospital), born in Coalville Utah
- Jun 1 Jonathan Pryce, Welsh stage and film actor (Brazil, Pirates of the Caribbean, The Two Popes), born in Carmel, Flintshire, Wales
- Jun 6 Robert Englund, American actor (Freddy vs. Jason, A Nightmare on Elm Street), born in Glendale, California
- Jun 8 Julie Driscoll, English rocker and actress (33 1/3 Revolutions Per Monkee), born in London
- Jun 15 Lee Purcell, Cherry Point NC, actor (Big Wednesday, Mr Majestyk)
- Jun 16 Tom "Bones" Malone, American jazz musician, arranger, and producer (SNL; Blues Brothers), born in Honolulu, Hawaii
- Jun 17 Christopher Allport, American actor (To Live and Die in L.A.), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 2008)
- Jun 18 Bernard Giraudeau, La Rochelle France, actor (L'Annee des Meduses)
- Jun 18 Linda Thorson, actress (Tara-Avengers, Julia-1 Life to Live), born in Toronto, Ontario
- Jun 20 Candace "Candy" Clark, American actress (Man Who Fell to Earth, Q, American Graffiti), born in Norman, Oklahoma
- Jun 21 Lex van Delden, Dutch actor (Soldier of Orange), born in Amsterdam (d. 2010)
- Jun 21 Meredith Baxter-Birney, American actress (Family Ties, Bridget Loves Bernie), born in South Pasadena, California
- Jun 21 Michael Gross, American actor (Family Ties, FBI murders), born in Chicago, Illinois
- Jun 22 David L. Lander, American actor (Laverne & Shirley - "Squiggy"), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2020)
- Jun 23 Bryan Brown, actor (F/X, Gorillas in the Mist, Kim, Tai-Pan), born in Sydney, New South Wales
- Jun 24 Walter Willison, Monterrey Park California, actor (McDuff the Talking Dog)
- Jun 24 Marianne Delgorge, Dutch singer and actress (Ice Cream Soda), born in Bloemendaal, The Netherlands
- Jun 24 Peter Weller, Stevens Point WI, actor (Robocop, Of Unknown Origin)
- Jun 25 Jimmie Walker, American comedian (JJ-Good Times, At Ease), born in The Bronx, New York
- Jun 27 Francisca "Cisca" Beaudoux, actress (2 Under a Cap)
- Jun 28 Anny Duperey, French film and television actress, born in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France
Richard Lewis
Jun 29 Richard Lewis, American comedian (Marty Gold-Anything But Love), born in NYC, New York

Richard Lewis
- Jun 29 Michael Carter, Scottish actor, born in Dumfries, Scotland
Larry David
Jul 2 Larry David, American actor, comedian and screenwriter (Seinfeld, Curb Your Enthusiasm), born in Brooklyn, New York

Larry David
Weddings in Film & TV
Wedding of Interest
Dec 21 Actress Estelle Getty (24) weds Arthur Gettleman

Estelle Getty
Divorces in Film & TV
Divorce of Interest
Nov 1 Film director D. W. Griffith (72) divorces actress Evelyn Baldwin (37) after 11 years of marriage

D. W. Griffith
Deaths in Film & TV
- Jan 26 Grace Moore, American soprano and actress (One Night of Love), dies at 48
- Feb 3 Anna Bahr-von Mildenburg, Austrian soprano/director, dies at 74
- Feb 12 Sidney Toler, American actor, director and playwright (Madame X, Meeting at Midnight), dies at 72
- Feb 26 Ben Webster, British actor (Old Curiosity Shop), dies at 82
- Mar 20 Sigurd Wallén, Swedish actor and film director (Ebberöds bank, Med folket för fosterlandet), dies at 62
- May 31 Adrienne Ames, actress (Black Sheep, 24 Hours), dies at 39
- Jun 8 Tom O'Brien, American actor (Flying Fool), dies at 56
- Jul 15 Henry Kolker, German-American actor and director (Holiday, Baby Face, Mad Love), dies at 72
- Sep 21 Harry Carey [Henry DeWitt Carey II], American actor (Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Red River), dies at 69
- Sep 28 William B. Davidson, American film actor dies at 59
- Oct 10 [Joseph Jacinto] Jo Mora, Uruguayan-born American cartoonist, cowboy and illustrator who lived with the Hopi tribe and wrote extensively of his experiences, dies at 70
- Oct 24 Dudley Digges, Irish actor (Mutiny on the Bounty, The Invisible Man), dies at 68
- Nov 30 Ernst Lubitsch, German actor, producer and film director (To Be or Not to Be, Love Parade, Anna Boleyn, Ninotchka), dies from a heart attack at 55